Hello CH.

I recently purchased a Seagate HDD. Upon start up after I connected it, I get this error message:

PXE-E61 - Media TEST Failure, check CABLE
Exiting Boot Agent

I checked my BIOS to see if it recognized my HDD, and it did.
I had put in my OS disk for Windows XP, and had no success.

I have searched through similar posts and found no real solution. Does anyone have any suggestions?SATA or IDE ? ?
Regardless replace the data cable.
Then run the Seatools diagnostics on it to PREPARE the drive for use...
If you didn't get a CD with the drive they are available FREE from the website...Maybe boot order....It's an SATA.

Is the Seatools diagnostics on the CD I got with the HDD?(nevermind, lol)

(Already checked boot order too.)yep
The data cable seems to work with the other drive I am using, should I still replace it?

Also, I do not think Seatools will HELP if I cannot boot to Windows using my new HDD...Hard drives do not come with Windows installed on them...this has to be DONE manually.
Plus if the drive shipped un-formatted (many do ) Windows will not see it until it's formatted. That's what the seatools do...Try this...Right-click My Computer / choose Manage / choose Disk Management. Do you see the hard drive there? If so then you'll need to 'initialize' it for Windoze to be able to use it.

Alan <>< Quote from: patio on May 04, 2009, 06:53:25 AM

Hard drives do not come with Windows installed on them...this has to be done manually.
Plus if the drive shipped un-formatted (many do ) Windows will not see it until it's formatted. That's what the seatools do...